Qualcomm has once again made some big claims about the performance of its new Snapdragon X2 Elite CPUs against chips from Intel & AMD.
Qualcomm has once again made some big claims about the performance of its new Snapdragon X2 Elite CPUs against competing chips from Intel & AMD.Qualcomm Claims Much Higher Performance For Its Snapdragon X2 Elite CPUs In Single-Core, Multi-Core, Graphics Tests Against Intel & AMD At Same Power, Says Competition Requires Up To 222% Higher Power To Match X2
Just a few hours ago, Qualcomm unveiled its next-gen Snapdragon X2 CPU family, which comprises Elite and Elite Extreme Edition chips. The new CPUs are a major upgrade over the first-generation Snapdragon X lineup, which aims at the Windows PC and AI PC segment.Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 CPU Family Specs Rundown
Starting with a rundown of the specs, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 CPUs will be based on TSMC’s 3nm process technology, and feature the 3rd Gen Oryon CPU cores, brand new Adreno GPU cores, & a new Hexagon NPU. The CPU is currently segmented into two lineups, the X2 Elite and the X2 Elite Extreme.
The flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme edition CPUs will feature up to 18 cores in a hybrid combo, which includes 12 Prime Cores that operate at a single/dual-core boost frequency of 5.0 GHz, and a 4.4 GHz all-core boost, while the remaining 6 cores are tagged as „Performance“ cores with a max all-core frequency of 3.6 GHz. The chip packs 53 MB of cache, an Adreno GPU with up to 1.85 GHz clocks, and up to 80 NPU TOPs. The Extreme Edition chips also house a 12-channel (192-bit) on-package LP5X memory with up to 228 GB/s of bandwidth.
The other two chips are part of the Snapdragon X2 Elite family, not Extreme Edition. The top SKU in this range is the „X2E-88-100“ which offers 18 cores, up to 4.0 GHz all-core & 4.7 GHz single/dual-core boost, a GPU clock of 1.70 GHz, and 53 MB of cache. The GPU SKU is the same as the Extreme Edition, but the clock speed has been cut back by 150 MHz. This SKU is named „X2-90“.
And lastly, there’s the X2E-80-100, which is a 12-core SKU with 6 Prime Cores operating at up to 4.
